About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0106
  • TitleFloral fireworks
  • SummaryCaption: "Floral fireworks light up the sky over Coney Island as the resort opens its 12th annual pyrotechnic show put on every Tuesday evening during July and August. Featured for the first time last night was the forsythia, official flower of Brooklyn."
  • Date1947
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Jul[y] 2, 1947. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFireworks
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Coney Island: Fireworks